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The more refined, beautiful, and expensive serapes were worn by hacienda owners and gentlemen at parties or as they ambled along broad avenues.

They were worn by insurgents in the War of Independence (1810 to 20), and by patriots during the wars against the Americans (1846-48) and the French (1862-67).

Galeria Atotonilco houses Mexico's finest private collection of historic serapes, 1875 to 1940, usually referred to as the "post-classic" period..Although "classic serapes," earlier than 1875, are well documented, virtually all of them in public collections, the serapes woven after that have been little studied or collected, yet they are among the most exquisite weavings in the world..When Cortez arrived on our shores in 1519, the Aztecs were already wearing a blanket-type garment.The Spanish influenced the weavings by introducing the pedal loom and domesticated sheep and wool.Worn only by men, serapes were the counterpart of the worn by women.

Serapes were the typical garment of workers, horsemen, and townsfolk alike.